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Who Tells Me True (With a Full-Page Original Caricature of "Michael Strange" by James Montgomery Flagg)
by Michael Strange (Blanche Oelrichs)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. A truly one-of-a-kind copy of the 1940 1st edition. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY MICHAEL STRANGE TO NEW HAVEN CARICATURIST WILLIS BIRCHMAN (whose bookplate adorns the front pastedown). FURTHERMORE (AND MOST SIGNIFICANTLY), THIS COPY INCLUDES A WONDERFUL, CAPTIONED FULL-PAGE CARICATURE OF BLANCHE OELRICHS ("MICHAEL STRANGE") BY JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG on the following blank recto. A very solid copy to boot: Clean and Near Fine (apart from the Birchman bookplate) in a crisp, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light chipping at the the tips and along the spine crown. Thick octavo, a rich recount (filled with steam and sauciness) of the theatre, art and literary worlds Blanche Oelrichs/Michael Strange freely inhabited.
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- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21658
- Title
- Who Tells Me True (With a Full-Page Original Caricature of "Michael Strange" by James Montgomery Flagg)
- Author
- Michael Strange (Blanche Oelrichs)
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- rare theatre, rare celebrity, rare gossip, the Barrymore family, are histories of the Barrymores, rare salacious Hollywood gossip
- Bookseller catalogs
- Theatre;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
All books are offered subject to prior sale. Materials are returnable within 1 week of receipt provided prior notice is given.
About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
Buy and sell - rare, unusual and antiquarian - art, photography, literature, scholarly, sports, childrens, bindings.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
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- Inscribed
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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